Spectators at a cross-country event must have thought they were seeing double when identical twins crossed the finishing line together.

But that's just what happened at the Cleveland Schools Cross-Country Championships when twins Katy and Lizzy Templeman dead-heated for first place.

With a few hundred metres to go, Lizzy was out in front. But thanks to a final spurt from Katy, the 12-year-olds clocked exactly the same time. As county champions, they will now be part of the Cleveland team at the National Cross-Country Championships in Leeds on March 24.

The girls are both pupils of Guisborough's Laurence Jackson School and athletes with New Marske Harriers.